WEST BANK, (The Palestine Foundation Pakistan)
There has been a sharp rise in settler attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank during 2025, amid Israeli reluctance to address these crimes, according to a report released by the Haaretz news website on Tuesday.
Haaretz cited data from Israel’s security establishment stating that settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank have increased in 2025, with the Israeli army saying that Israel police and the Shin Bet security service have failed to act due to pressure from government ministers and lawmakers.
Haaretz said that the Israeli army “documented 704 incidents of settler attacks by October, compared with 675 in all of 2024.”
“This averages about 70 incidents per month in 2025, up from 56 per month last year, which was already an increase over previous years,” Haaretz added.
Israeli security officials told Haaretz that settler groups escalated their violence due to the support they receive from ministers, members of Knesset, and prominent religious leaders in “the national-religious political camp.”
“Soldiers involved in monitoring settler violence told Haaretz that they are often dispatched only after incidents end and are instructed to disperse those involved, without detaining settlers who attacked,” Haaretz said.
“Overall, there were 74 settler attacks in October 2025 – a nearly 30 percent increase from the 57 recorded last year. Since January, 174 Palestinians have been injured in such attacks, up from 155 in 2024,” the news website said.
